CBCS-FM

CBCS-FM
City Sudbury, Ontario
Broadcast area Northeastern Ontario
Branding CBC Radio One
Frequency 99.9 MHz (FM)
First air date May 5, 1978 (1978-05-05)
Format public broadcasting
Language(s) English
ERP 50 kW
HAAT 120.9 metres (396 ft 8 in)
Class B
Transmitter coordinates 46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.5039°N 80.9675°W / 46.5039; -80.9675Coordinates: 46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.5039°N 80.9675°W / 46.5039; -80.9675
Callsign meaning Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sudbury
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations CBBS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBON-FM
Website www.cbc.ca/sudbury - CBC Sudbury

CBCS-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Sudbury, Ontario, broadcasting at 99.9 FM, and serves all of Northeastern Ontario through its network of relay transmitters.

History

The station was launched in 1978 on FM 99.9 MHz. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliates CKSO and CKSO-FM.

The CRTC decision authorizing the launch of CBCS in fact encouraged, but did not direct, the CBC to retain an AM frequency for CBC Radio, and to reserve CBCS for its CBC Stereo network.[1] However, the station launched in 1978 as an affiliate of the talk network after the CBC was unable to negotiate an agreement with Cambrian Broadcasting to directly acquire CKSO.

The CBC later applied for a second license for its Stereo network, which was granted in 1984.[2] However, that station remain unlaunched throughout the 1980s, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses. Consequently, CBC Radio 2 service was not available in the city until the launch of CBBS-FM in 2001.

In the CBC's service reductions announced in March 2009, CBCS was slated to lose half of its existing staff. Several hundred people attended a rally at the city's Tom Davies Square on April 5 to protest the cutbacks, with participants including federal MPs Glenn Thibeault, Claude Gravelle and Charlie Angus, and musicians Kevin Closs and Stéphane Paquette.[3]

In September 2014, the station announced that it will move in late 2015 from 15 Mackenzie Street, where it has been located since its launch in 1978, to a new leased studio and office space on Elm Street.[4]

Local programming

The station's local programs are Morning North, hosted by Markus Schwabe, in the morning and Up North, hosted by Jason Turnbull, in the afternoon. In May 2009, Morning North won the Radio and Television News Directors Association's Peter Gzowski Award for Best Information Radio Program in Central Canada,[5] and in June 2009, the program won the award for all of Canada.[6]

The CBC announced in August 2014 that Up North, which premiered on August 11, would replace the former afternoon program Points North.[7] The new program extends its coverage to all of Northern Ontario, also replacing Voyage North on CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay.[7]

Former Points North host Dan Lessard retired from the program in June 2010.[8]

In the CBC's proposed new regional programming strategy released in 2005, North Bay was scheduled to receive its own local news bureau, although North Bay would continue to receive CBCS' local programming apart from news updates.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CBCS-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision
Attawapiskat CBCA-FM 101.5 FM 34 watts A1 Query
Britt CBEZ-FM 107.7 FM 49 watts LP Query 91-60
Chapleau CBCU-FM 89.9 FM 345 watts A Query 86-732
Elk Lake CBCG-FM 89.7 FM 8 watts LP Query 84-574
Elliot Lake CBEC-FM 90.3 FM 264 watts A Query 88-865
Foleyet CBLF 1450 AM 40 watts LP Query
Fort Albany CBCI-FM 102.3 FM 2,400 watts A Query
Hearst CBCC-FM 91.9 FM 8,340 [9] watts B1 Query
Kapuskasing CBOK-FM 105.1 FM 43,900 watts B Query
Kirkland Lake CBCR-FM 90.3 FM 2,650 watts A Query 84-575
Little Current CBCE-FM 97.5 FM 21,000 watts B Query
Mattawa CBLO 1240 AM 40 watts LP Query
Moosonee CBEY 1340 AM 40 watts LP Query
North Bay CBCN-FM 96.1 FM 100,000 watts C Query
Sault Ste. Marie CBSM-FM 89.5 FM 46,000 watts B Query
Temagami CBCS-FM-1 106.1 FM 50 watts LP Query 2014-570
Temiskaming Shores CBCY-FM 102.3 FM 780 watts A Query 96-723
Timmins CBCJ-FM 96.1 FM 44,800 watts B Query
Wawa CBLJ-FM 88.3 FM 4,807 watts B1 Query

On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to decrease the power of CBLJ-FM Wawa from 50,000 watts to 4,807 watts, combined with an increase in the effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) from 114.6 to 132.6 metres.[10]

On July 4, 2014, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBEU (1340 kHz) Temagami from the AM band to the FM band at 106.1 MHz, which received CRTC approval on November 4, 2014.[11] Temagami's new FM transmitter signed on at 106.1 FM in late 2014 with its new callsign, CBCS-FM-1.

On February 26, 2016, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBEY (1340 kHz) Moosonee from the AM band to the FM band at 99.9 MHz. Its proposed callsign will be CBEY-FM.[12]

On March 9, 2016, the CBC received CRTC approval to change the transmitter class from low power to regular power A1, increasing the effective radiated power from 8 to 115.7 watts and decreasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 71.5 to 54.3 metres. [13]

References

  1. ↑ CBCS History at Canadian Communications Foundation
  2. ↑ CRTC Decision 84-906
  3. ↑ "Musicians, politicians participate in CBC rally". Northern Life, April 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ "CBC Sudbury on the move". CBC Sudbury, September 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Roy MacGregor, "Sudbury shows anger at CBC over nickel-and-diming in regions". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 2009.
  6. ↑ Lara Bradley, "Local CBC wins national award for Morning North". Sudbury Star, July 2, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "CBC Radio announces new afternoon drive program servicing Northern Ontario region". Yahoo News, August 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dan Lessard fondly recalls his days at CBC". Northern Life, July 30, 2010.
  9. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-405, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBCC-FM Hearst –Technical change, CRTC, August 14, 2013
  10. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-564, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBLJ-FM Wawa; CBVE-FM Québec and its transmitter CBVG-FM Gaspé; and CBAM-FM Moncton and its transmitter CBAM-FM-1 Sackville –Technical changes, CRTC, October 25, 2013
  11. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-570, CBCS-FM Sudbury - New transmitter in Temagami, CRTC, November 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ 201601873, CBCS-FM Sudbury - Addition of an FM transmitter in Moosonee, CRTC, February 26, 2016
  13. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-92, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBCG-FM Elk Lake –Technical change, CRTC, March 9, 2016

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